The Beginning...

For many years, I have had an interest in cognitive science and sports science. More specifically, how do we learn to perform all of the individual motor skills necessary to compete in any type of sports? Why do some athletes outperform others? Why can't all basketball players make 95% of their free throws? Why do baseball players strike out at all? Why do athletes make "mental errors" or "poor decisions" during a game or competition?

Finding answers to these questions is the fun part for me and I'm happy to share what I learn with you.

I am also very grateful to the nice folks at LiveScience who have let me add my ramblings to their great site!  Please come and visit my weekly sports science column archive.

And, if you're interested in the whole health care debate, check out my ramblings on Change.org.

If you have questions or topics for me, please just let me know and I'll be happy to add them to my future stories.

For any editors/publishers, I'm always open to new writing assignments!

Thanks for stopping by,
Dan Peterson
E-mail: dan@80percentmental.com
Please follow me at: twitter.com/DanielPeterson